About
Why we exist
Precise Pursuits builds structured tools that help you see why your life looks the way it does — how your life domains influence each other, where dissatisfaction originates, and where one focused change creates the widest ripple.
Precise Pursuits builds tools that fill that gap. We draw on published research — systems science, values psychology, labor economics, narrative identity theory — and translate it into structured exercises you can do with a pen and a quiet afternoon.
Every cartographer begins the same way:
standing still long enough to look.
The Workbooks
Choose your starting point
Life Cartography Workbook
54 pages · 5 phases · 12 citations
A five-phase life assessment methodology. Audit eight life areas, map the hidden connections between them, find your single highest-leverage change, and build a 90-day action plan.
AI-Proof: Career Workbook
48 pages · 4 phases · 17 citations
For professionals navigating AI disruption. Assess your real exposure at the task level, map the skills machines can’t replicate, and build a concrete pivot plan grounded in WEF and McKinsey research.
Structured Habits Workbook
39 pages · 4 phases · 30-day tracker
A research-backed approach to habit building. Excavate the real drivers behind your current habits, design new ones using implementation intentions, and track 30 days of structured change.
First Terrain: Life Launch
19 pages · 3 phases · 8 citations
For anyone at the edge of what’s next. A focused workbook for life transitions — graduation, career change, relocation, or any new chapter — grounded in research on how people navigate major turning points.
Quarterly Terrain Review
15 pages · 3 phases · 7 citations
A structured quarterly reflection using systems thinking. Map how changes rippled across your life, distinguish symptoms from root causes, and identify one high-leverage shift for next quarter.
Quick-Start Tools
Focused exercises for specific moments
The Ripple Method
Find the single structural change most likely to create positive ripple effects across your life. Three exercises grounded in systems thinking research.
Values Discovery
Surface the gap between what you say you value and what your behavior reveals — then build a plan to close it.
Career Terrain Scan
Map which of your daily tasks are at risk from AI — and which ones give you a structural advantage.
Burnout Recovery
Map where your energy is going, identify structural drains, and redirect the flow using research on resource conservation and psychological detachment.
Planning & Templates
Your everyday toolkit
Planner Bundle
Daily, weekly, and monthly planning, plus habit tracking, meal prep, budgets, and more. Print or fill digitally.
Reflection Bundle
Quarterly check-ins, sprint trackers, values alignment, energy audits, and more. Research-backed prompts for structured self-reflection.
Career Moves Bundle
Evaluate job offers, prepare your salary negotiation, and plan your first 90 days in the role.
Decision Matrix
Weighted scoring with built-in formulas and sensitivity analysis. Compare options across the criteria that matter most to you.
Plus 18 individual templates — daily planners, habit trackers, budget sheets, and more — available in the shop.
The Research
Built on published research
Systems Thinking
Donella Meadows’ framework for finding leverage points — where small shifts create outsized results — applied to your personal ecosystem.
Values Psychology
Schwartz’s cross-cultural research (82 countries) on how values exist in tension — and why pursuing one often undermines another.
Labor Economics
Task-level automation analysis from the World Economic Forum, McKinsey, and peer-reviewed research on which skills AI can and cannot replicate.
Narrative Identity
McAdams’ research at Northwestern showing that people who can articulate their life story show measurably higher wellbeing.
The terrain is yours.
The direction is yours. Begin.
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